Broadband Briefs for 01/09/09

Digeo said at this week’s International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that its Moxi high-definition digital video recorder (HD DVR) is now available to consumers.

The Moxi HD DVR is the first Digeo DVR available directly to consumers. The Moxi DVR is capable of offering high-definition cable, PC and Internet content throughout the home.

Digeo said the Moxi system was designed from the outset to take full advantage of widescreen HDTVs, and its 500-gigabyte hard drive can hold up to 75 hours of recordings at full 1080 resolution. Unlike leased set-top boxes or DVRs, there are no monthly fees and no embedded advertising on the Moxi DVR, and new features and services can be automatically upgraded over the network at no charge.

The CryptoFirewall is a self-contained hardware security core designed to protect cryptographic keys and computations in a chip from attack, even if surrounding components are compromised, according to Cryptography Research.

With the CryptoFirewall inserted in the Broadcom STB chips, conditional access providers can now directly build their solutions on Broadcom’s integrated platform. And according to Cryptography Research, Broadcom’s CryptoFirewall integration can help reduce costs for conditional access companies, satellite, cable and IP-based television systems.

SecureMedia’s Encryptonite One CA/DRM system is now integrated with the Anysight series of advanced IP and IP hybrid set-top boxes from Shenzhen Coship Electronics Co., a Chinese company that supplies to regional cable operators, as well as global telecommunication providers.

The Encryptonite One system allows telcos and broadband operators to acquire distribution rights to broadcast channels and VOD programming. It features a processor-efficient client that can be deployed on virtually any consumer media appliance to allow secure content distribution on current and future set-top boxes, PCs, portable players and mobile phones, according to the company.

• DirecTV offers local HD channels in N.C.By Traci Patterson

DirecTV is now offering local HD programming to customers in the Greenville-New Bern, N.C., designated market area.

The following broadcast networks are available in HD: WITN/NBC, WNCT/CBS and WYDO/FOX.

The satellite provider now offers local HD broadcast channels in 117 cities, representing more than 87 percent of U.S. TV households.